SKY_July2014.pdf

OBSERVING

July 2014

44 Sky at a Glance

44 Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart

45 Binocular Highlight: Ceres and Vesta Together

46 Planetary Almanac

47 Northern Hemisphere’s Sky:

The Fabulous Five

48 Sun, Moon & Planets:

Two Close Conjunctions

50 Celestial Calendar

50 Ceres, Meet Vesta!

51 July Meteors

51 Asteroid Occultation

52 The Closing of 44 Boötis

54 Exploring the Solar System:

Illuminating Earthshine

56 Deep-Sky Wonders: Betwixt the Bears

Additional Observing Articles:

34 The Case for Structured Observing

38 Are Observing Programs for You?

60 Going Deep: The Snake and Its Eggs

In This Section

PHOTOGRAPH: AKIRA FUJII

The dark Prancing Horse Nebula, discussed on page 60,
fl oats near the center of the Milky Way’s Ophiuchus Bulge,
across the Great Rift from the Great Sagittarius Star Cloud.

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